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The sun could be setting on more than 150 years of shipbuilding in Govan, Glasgow, after BAE Systems confirmed that it is examining proposals that would end manufacturing at the yard on the south of the Clyde.

The defence giant is considering plans to create a state-of-the-art high-tech facility at Scotstoun, and move its entire Glasgow shipbuilding operation to the north bank of the river.

BAE Systems said that the proposals are at an “initial exploratory” stage and that no decisions would be made before the end of next year. It owns the Scotstoun yard but it only leases the

A programme, funded by the Wellcome Trust and called The Sick of the Fringe, will acknowledge that many entertainers who come to the city for the festivities face a month-long mental and physical ordeal